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Thursday, September 19, 2013

Still Trying

Politico reports on the fact that activist groups are still coordinating to try to get the House to take up the president's immigration agenda. The aim is to try for something prior to the Thanksgiving recess.

To that end, Pelosi met with Steve Case on Tuesday. On Thursday, she,
House Democratic Caucus Chairman Xavier Becerra of California and Reps.
Zoe Lofgren of California , John Yarmuth of Kentucky and George Miller
of California are slated to meet with Richard Trumka and Bill Samuel of
the AFL-CIO, Mary-Kay Henry of the SEIU, Janet Murguia of the National
Council of La Raza, Frank Sharry of America’s Voice and Deepak Bhargava
of the Center for Community Change.
Pelosi and many of the same lawmakers are also slated to meet
Thursday to discuss immigration reform with Facebook co-founder
Zuckerberg, a Democratic aide confirmed. That will come one day after a
similar meeting between Zuckerberg and Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.),
according to a Schumer aide.
Outside supporters are also meeting with conservative power-brokers,
who are key to whether immigration will make it onto the House agenda
this year. House Majority Whip Kevin McCarthy’s staff met last week with
its ad hoc coalitions group to discuss progress during the August
recess.

The Gang of Eight (probably minus Sen. Marco Rubio, whose standing in presidential polls has taken a hit since he acted as the leading Republican spokesman for the Gang of Eight) is also meeting to try to push this issue.

For their part, opponents of the White House immigration plan say they'll be ready to battle it in the House.